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Styles of Advertising.

1.-THE style of advertising has greatly
changed within the past few years, y
said gentleman in charge of the adj
vertising department of one of Brook
lyn's largest dry goods establishments,
"An advertisement to command atten-
ton must be original. The public have
tired of such ads. as John Smith will
receive his customers at his old stand,
or Blank & Blank sell dry goods cheap
er than any other house in town. The
present generation is progressive, and
to attract attention one must be orig
inal. The old fashioned ads are
played out. In former years, even in
such houses as StewaTt's in New York,
the clerk at the button counter was
delegated in his off moments to write
the advertisements for the newspapers.
Now all is changed. Every large bus
mess house has its separate advertis-
ing department. Some houses even
employ as many as two or thren men
to look after their advertising. Since
the pictorial craze has obtained such a
foothold, many firms head their col
umns with pictures descriptive of the
goods offered for sale. And then the
'ad.' must be written so as to attract
the eye of the reader. If firm has a
quantity of underwear to sell, it is folly
to say so in the first line. First get
your reader interested. Talk about
the North Pole say that it is cold in
that region and incidentally mention
that winter is coming and that under
wear at this season is notan inappropri
ate subject. And then, in a confden-
tial way, tell the reader that your firm
has many cases of underwear purchased
at a bankrupt sale, perhaps, which will
be sold at one-half its value. Inter-
sperce, if you like, witty saying here
and there, but unless you wish to kill
your 'ad.' in the first line give prices.
Ten years ago prices were never given.
Now an 'ad.' commands but little at
tention unless prices are attached"
"Do you believe in the value of ad-
vertising."
Certainly. Were it not for news
paper advertising, and advertising by
mail, many firms would not be doing
business. When one looks back and
notes the difference uetween news
paper advertising of today and twenty
years ago, the changes which have
taken place are marvellous. How
many fortunes have been made by
simply booming an inferior patent
medicine. Newspaper advertising is
still in its infancy and hope for great
things in the future.-Brooklyn Eagle,
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1t is pitiful in the extreme to witness
the frantic attempts of the Republican
press to extract some slight consolation
from the elections of Tuesday last. 1t
reminds us of a man who has lost his
all in a shipwreck, barely escaping
with his life, congratulating himself
because the result might have been
more disastrous Garry the news to
Jimmy speedily for he is too shrewd to
longer tantalize himself with the vain
hope of even a chance of Republican
success in 1SSS.-Larned Eagle Optic.
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From Tuesday s daily.l

From Tuesday daily.I
T. J. Moss, of Muscatine, Iowa,
dined at the Stanton House Sunday
noon.
Mrs. Brown, of Industry, spent Sum
day with her daughter, Mrs. S. A.
Cooper.
Uncle Tom, the cabin and all came
in this morning, and are stopping at
the Cottage.
NJ. 0. Smith and family, of Sherman
township, will move to Abilene in the
near future.
Father Leary left on the 1870 train
today for Leavenworth, in the interest
ST St. Mary's college.
Miss Florence Davis, of Lincoln
Center, is in the city, the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Hiland Southworth.
James G. Maltty and wife, of Mime
apolis, stopped off the noon train to
take dinner at the Stanton today.
Mrs. Jesse Nicolay and little daugh-
ter came down from Solomon this a. m.
to spend the day in her old home.
Mrs. John Cooper returned this morn
ing from Manchester, where she has
been spending a few days with friends.
Our enterprising and progressive
young lawyer, c. S. Crawford, left for
Lost Springs this morning on legal bus
mess.
Fred Bolster made trip to Herring
ton today, to witness the growth of
one of Abilene's most prosperous
suburbs.
County Superintendent J. S. Ford, is
visiting the schools at Hope today. J..
S. is rustler, and does not neglect his
business.
W. F. Blandin, A. F. Gilcrist and c..
H. Page left today for Marion county,
to build a large barn for G. E. Hunton
of this city.
j. A. Franklin, Esq, of Russell,
Kan, was in the city this afternoon.
He left on the 8 O'Clock freight for
Junction City.
E. Sayers and wife, of Grant, Neb..
| who have been visiting Rev. DR..
Welsher's family. returned to their
home today noon.
J. Ii. Brown, of Industry, left for
Wichita this morning in response to a
telegram announcing that his son is at
the point of death.
Dick Burback, member of Ryner-
sons surveying corps on the Santa Fe,
passed through the city this morning
on his way to Topeka.
Seth Knapp, who has been confirmed
to his bed for some time with typhoid
fever, is improving, and was able to
walk little this morning.
Prof. Hawkins and wife came down
from Minneapolis today noon. They
will furnish the music for the party at
G. W. Cowles' residence this evening.
James Craig, of Beaver county, Pa,
who has been stopping with J. C..
Bender for the past three OF four
months, returned to his home today on
the noon train.
Sheriff Miller left on the cyclone this
afternoon for Minneapolis, where he
went to take an extra boarder to the
Sheriff of Ottawa county.
S. B. Maxwell, proprietor of the
Montezuma Hotel at Solomon, is visit
ing our city today. Mr.. Maxwell is a
gentleman in every respect and runs a
firSt-claSS hotel.
w. Zahner, the genial proprietor of
the drug store, corner of Twelfth and
Grand avenue, Kansas City, and form
erly of this city, left for his home to-
day noon. Mr.. Z. claims his short visit
here has improved his health wonder
fully.
Albert Cooper, of Toronto, Canada,
brother of our esteemed townsmen John
j. Sam and Chas. Cooper, arrived in the
city yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Cooper
is a telegraph operator and has accepted
a position in the Rock Island depot in
this city.
IL IL
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New York.

An abstract of election results in the
state of New York for the fifteen years
last past shows that in 1872 President
Grant had a plurality of SO, 524; the
Prohibition vote of that year was 201.
The Democrats triumped in 1873, 1874.
1875, 1876 and 1877 the highest Pro-
hibition vote of that period was II ,67S
in 1874. In 1879, the Republicans
elected Alonzo B. Cornell governor, by
plurality of 42,777 over Governor
Lucias Robinson; John Kelley, Tam
many Democrat, had 1866 votes. In
1880, President Garfield led General
Hancock q ,093 votes; in 1881, Joseph
B. Carr, republican, for secretary of
state, had plurality of 1902, and
1883 plurality in 1885.
In 1882, Grover Cleveland had 1922
s54 plurality over Secretary Folger; in
1884 he had LOAF majority over late
Secretary Blaine. In 1885, the plurality
for Governor Hill was IL 1874 in 1886
George Peckham had plurality of
ISIS. These were Democratic victories.
In 1888, the Prohibition vote was 1916;
it was 25,O01 in 1884; 80, 1857 in 1885,
and sc, Ala in 1856.
Frederick Cook seems now to be re-
elected to the Office of secretary of
state by plurality of 16, 1855, which is
the best showing for the Democratic
party in the Empire state since the
election of Cleveland as governor in
SS2-Topeka Capital.
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For some fifteen years Sewen has sold
to our citizens, pianos, organs, and sew
ing machines-always carrying the
best makes in the market, and guaran-
teeing them. During that time many
competitors have come ane gone-some
of them hurriedly-all of whom have
warranted their work. Wise people
will realize that there is difference in
the value of guarantees.
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Here is what the New York Herald
said few days before the late state
elections "Well, the country has
had three years of Democratic expert
ence. The sun shines, the rain falls,
the crops grow, the seasons change,
just the same as ever. Not quite the
same, though, for we have never been
so prosperous or coptented as we are
today. The bloody shirt is waved in
vain. The three palsies have not taken
effect. The south, north, east and
west never understand each other so
well and never respected each other so
much. We have become one people,
a united people, a satisfied people, a
people who are growing rich. That is
enough to say, for it includes law and
order, the protection of our homes and
honesty in public office. The Repub-
licans would like a change. But the
people will have no change, and that
ends it." Well now the elections have
come and gone, and where is the
change? Republican states have gone
Republican, and Democratic states
have gone Democratic. Not particle
of effective change appears from what
was the popular verdict at the last
presidential election. There has not
been even the usual ''off year" falling
away of strength from the administra-
ton party ; nothing indeed to indicate
that there will be any variation be-
tween the election of 1884 and that of
1883.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-17

Mrs. Frank Sponcil, of Putnam.
named her nineteenth child after Mrs.
Cleveland and sent the baptismal GER
tificate to the Presidents wife. Mrs.
Cleveland sent a handsome letter of &C
acknowledgement with a nice present of
money to be given Mrs. Sponcil.-New
haven News.
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Taking the vote of last Tuesday in
the First Congressional district, the
Republican majority was only 200. BY
a strong pull and the united effort of
the Democracy, brainy, eloquent Tom
Fenlon can be elected to congress next
fall
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The new American church at Nice
ows its lavish anonymous gifts to Mrs.
Nivens, the widowed sister OF MI.
Vanderbilt, who is now defraying the
cost of the new rectory.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-17

The Texas woman who has just pat
ented pie safe squandered her invent
i've genius in the wrong direction.
What the country aches for is not a pie
safe, bat a safe pie.-Philadelphia
PrpcG
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AS an item of interest it might be
stated a pile of strength that would
reach half way to the moon is wasted
in these parts every year by people
holding up hymn-boOk in church who
don't know B fiat from the howl of a
John Thomas cat.-Jasper TEX Hes
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Paul, the noted quail eater. contem-
plates making a record by eating a
certain number of English sparrows in
a given time. For once a quail-eater
is inclined to do something useful. He
should be encouraged.
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Publication Notice.

7. s. Land Office, salina, No eaa4
Kansas, Nov. 18th, 1887. w. V'if'
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has filed notice OF his intention to make
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the Clerk Of the District
Court at Abilene, Kansas, On December q, 1887 viz
Samuel Zook, Il. E q, $780,
for the n 4, SW 4, Sec. 10, T12, SR2E. He
names the following witnesses to prove his con-
tinuous residence upon, and cultivation Of, said
land, viz: John Stoffer, Isaac Shockey, William
Rimold and Benz amin Palm, all OF Abilene, Kansas
S. NJ. PALMER, Register.
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The st. Joe Gazette says: Here
after when an Atchison man wants to
run for Office he will stir up row with
Gov. Martins newspaper, and leave
the rest to providence and the people. y
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-11-17

There was a terrible land slide IN
New York few days ago, and Henry
George is buried underit. His friends
fear they will be unable to disinter
him
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Cash Paid for Eggs.

We will pay 20 cents in cash for eggs
and p cents in trade. Will contract
for first-class butter at the cheap cash
grocery, on Third street, one door east
of postoffice.
KUMP. FICKEs s. Co.
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perian.

We have great hope for the success
of the movement for commercial union
with Canada for the reason that the
farmers of that country are in favor of
it. The manufacturing class who hope
to profit by system of exclusion and
non-intercourse are largely in the mi
nority. In the United States the pro-
tectionists as body will not oppose it.
There is nothing the Infant indus
tries now so badly need as an extension
of their home markets. The home
market is insufficient to keep the mills
running. Manufacturers have been
driven to the eXpedient of curtailing
production by working short time, of
arranging combinations to break down
weak competitors, of sending surplus
stock to foreign markets to be sold for
what they would fetch, and to various
other devices for relieving the glut of
unstable products. Under any plan
for commercial union the tariffs of the
dominion and of the United States
must be made to harmonic; then there
would be a new outlet for our protected
manufactures Philadelphia Record.
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The highly artistic and pleasing eff
feet reached in the decoration of the
Lutheran church here, obtained for Mr..
Sewell the unsolicited contract to deco
rate and also to carpet the Lutheran
church at Hays City, and he has just
shipped to that city case of fine paper
hangings for that work.
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Barnes s. Northcraft keep the purest
and best medicines in the market, in
Guiding st. Patrick's Pills and Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy.
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For Sale.

Six ton Howe scale, as good as new.
Inquire OF c. Makins at the Office of
Hlland SOuthwOrth. Abilene. KS, 13-tf
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Tuesday, December. 9th, a. D. 1887,

at the front door of the court house. In the city OF
Abilene, county OF Dickinson, state OF Kansas,
at 10 O'Clock, a. m. Of said day sell to the highest
bidder for cash, the following real estate to-wit
Lot (11) in block A, in Thurstin & Swayze's ad-
dition to The City of Hope, in Dickinson county,
Kansas, together with all and singular, the tene-
ments, Entertainments, and appurtenances thereto
belonging or in any wise appertaining, In Dicktn-
son county, State of Kansas.
The said real estate will be sold pursuant to
the judgment of the court in said cause recited
in said order Of sale.
Witness my hand this 18th day OF Nov A. D.
1887.
j. j. MILLER,
13-5t Sheriff of Dickinson Co., Kas.
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There is no sham about Sewell's cut
prices. They effect nearly all the goods
in his immense stock.
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The 1 omale Suffragists have not yet
found a candidate for the Presidency.
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SHERIFF'S SALE,

7 1NDER AND BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER
~ OF sale issued by the Clerk of the District
Court of Dickinson county, State of Kansas, in q
cause pending therein, wherein Thomas Kirby
is plaintiff and Eugene S. Fisk, administrator OF
the estate of Margaret A Hayden, deceased,
Louisa Herbert Hayden. minor heir OF Margaret
A. Hayden, deceased, and Flavins A. Davis,
guardian of Louis Herbert Hayden, minor, are
defendants. l will, On
Tuesday, December 9th, A. D. 1887,
at the front door Of the court house. in the city
Abilene, County Of Dickinson, State of Kansas,
at 10 O'Clock a. m. of said day sell to the highest
bidder for cash, the following real estate to-wit
Commencing at the southeast corner stone of
section No. sixseen 10y in township No. thirteen
(l3) south OF range No. two (9 east OF the P NJ.
and running thence north go feet thence west 100
feet thence south 230 feet thence east 100 feet To
the place of beginning in Dickinson county, state
Kansas. The said real estate will be sold pur-
suant to the judgment of the Court in said
cause recited in said order Of sale.
Witness my hand this 18th day Of Nov, A. D.
1887.
j.. MILLER,
13st Sheriff of Dickinson County.
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HENRY LIFTS, Editor.

Fred Grants political goose is most
thoroughly Cooked.
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Cut in school supplies at Sewell's-
get the latest prices and be convinced
and astonished.
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Tuesday, December 9th, A. D. 1887
SHERIFF'S SALE.

T nder and by virtue of an order OF sale issued
" by the Clerk of the District Court OF Dick
inson county, state Of Kansas, In cause pending
therein, wherein W. P. Robinson is Plaintiff, and
Nancy c. Christy and j. N. Christy are defend
Ants / will On
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TERMS OF GALE

ALI and under cash. SO credit of with
approved security will be without If paid when
due from date until paid OF for
cash. No property allowed be removed from place of sale until
settled for
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Children Csy for Pitchers Castoria.
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Slaughter at Sewells- prices the
victims. 170-2-w13-1
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One Randolph header Mccormick self binder grain drills walking and
riding uivators stirring planter and cheek
mower hay rake wagons platform spring top bugg1e corn stalk drill
tanning mill cutter
feed houg four of good work sets of harness. n
heating cofod useful articles
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40 head of high grade CATTLE consisting of 40 head of
mich and % heifers all with calf from pedgreed
Durham and Herford BULL 10 steers years DID, steers
year old; "a steer calves: % heer calves and pedi
greed Durham and Herford bull. IS head of shoats.
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full blooded
Norman geding
bay fle coming three DID, Norman colts coming
and sucking
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ALEXANDRIA Va FRIDAY EVENING JULY l. 1887
FOR SALE AND RENT.

FOR PENTHOUSE No. II north Lee
H:i street.
je30 If J. II. D. SMOOT
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HENRY BRENGLE. 1919 KING ST.
CORPORATION NOTICES.

MAYORS OFFICE,
Nl ALEXANDRIA, Va, May II, 1887.
Kilo:9 all men Jy these presents:
That l, John p. Smoot, Mayor OF the city of Al
czandria Virginia, by virtue of = resolution of the
City Council OF said city, passed May 10th, 1887,
do offer REWARD or FIVE HUNDRED DOL.
LARS $500 for the apprehension and conviction
of the MURDEREB Or MURDERERS OF
POLICEMAN JULIAN ARNOLD, who was shot
and murdered IN said city, ON the night Of the
18th day Of May, 1897.
JNO. g. SMOOT.
Mayor of the City Of Alexandria, Va.
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CRUEL TREATMENT.-In the investiga.
ton into Inc Wards Island Hospital abuses
yesterday Secretary Phillips testified that
many of the applicants for positions were
hard drinkers. Several witnesses testified
to the brutal treatment Of patients by the
keepers. Six seconds were all that were
allowed for bath, and as many as ten were
compelled to battle in the same water The
keepers entertained their friends by kicklng
Smith, who had calliope voice, and would
scream long time when subjected to this
treatm ent Another patient was beaten to
unconsciousness because he complained Of
harsh treatment. One man died from his
injuries. caused by being dropped four feet
to the hard floor. This was playfuliy called
the "health lift."
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ATTEMPTED OUTRAGE.-While Violet
Sackson, 10 years of age, and her little
brother, living in Baltimore, were picking
wild raspberries near the Pimlico track
Wednesday, burly colored man named
James Jackson approached and induced the
boy to return home for a larger pail, promis'
ing TO show them where to get better ber-
ries He enticed Violet to deserted cabin
and attempted to outrage her, but the lit
tie girl fought bravely and successfully,
though every shred OF clothing was torn
from her body. Jackson fled, but as soon
as the alarm was givenlynching parties were
organized The ravisher was, however,
captured and lodged in jail. A party want
ed Viclet's father to lead lynching party
to the jail, but he refused. The girl is pros
trateG.
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BY R. T. Lucas, Auctioneer.
UNRUSTEE'S SALE.

BY virtue of deed of trust executed by T. w.
Smith to G. w. Wattles on the 1st day of August,
1856, and duly recorded in book z, No. 3, page
472, of the land records of Alexandria county,
Virginia, l. as executrix of c. w. Wattles, de-
ceased, and IS such authorized to execute the re-
nainder of the said trust. will offer for sale at
public auction, on SATURDAY, the I'd day of
July, 1887, at II o'clock noon, in front of the
auction store OF Mr. Z. T. Lucas, at the corner of
Royal and Cameron streets, LOT OF GROUND
fronting on the east side of St. Asaph street, be-
tween Gibbon aud Franklin streets, 90 feet 6
inches, and in depth 113 feet inches to an alley
10 feet wide, with the right of way over the same.
Also a LOT on the same square, south of the
above, fronting on St. Asaph street 20 feet and in
depth 113 feet . inches to the alley above men,
toned.
Also LOT OF GROUND fronting % feet on
Franklin street and 90 feet on St. Asaph street,
with the TWO-STORY FRAME DWELLING
thereon.
Also LOT OF GROUND next east of the last
mentioned lot fronting on Franklin street 99
feet s inches and in depth 60 feet, together with
SEVERAL SMALL BUILDINGS thereupon.
Terms of Sale: Cash.
HARRIET z. WATTLES
Executrix of C. w. Wattlos, Trustee, decd.
led cots
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YHANGE BUSINESS.
HARLOW & CATION.
v LINE OF BREAKFAST WARE to b

NEW LINE OF BREAKFAST WARE to be
n opened to-day of an entirely new and lovely
pattern which will be sure to be popular and
which you can match at any time and purchase
in as small aquantity as you desire. We would
be glad to have you examine these goods before
purchasing, as we are making every effort TO
please and take great care in Offering the newest
O nh8 - ~ E.J. MILLER, SON & co.
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